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Italian cheese maker Nuova Castelli is expanding in the US through the acquisition of a 75% stake in New Jersey-based Empire Specialty Cheese. The US is among the markets to which Nuova Castelli exports its range of cheese but the company said the deal would give it "a direct presence" in the market.   Empire Specialty Cheese operates a...

By Rita Cipalla With one of the most hotly contested presidential elections right around the corner, there's a lot on the line for both candidates and voters alike. It's also a make-or-break time for political reporters, whether print, broadcast or digital.   Perhaps no one knows this more than Richard Benedetto, retired White House corresp...

On July 19th 2012 the US Congressional Wine Caucus will convene about the future of Italian wine in the USA, with Italian wine producers such as Cristina Mariani-May (Cantina Castello Banfi), Matteo Lunelli (Cantine Ferrari), Marilisa Allegrini (Cantina Allegrini), Daniela Mastroberardino (Cantina Terredora), Luca Paschina (Casa Vinicola Zonin), Od...

Congratulations to the newly elected Council of the Little Italy Lodge, a Sons of Italy organization, and to those elected to positions supporting the Lodge for the 2013-2015 term - Trustees, State Delegates and Arbitration Committee. The Lodge especially thanks the Nominations Board Chair, Barbara Goodman, and her committee.   The Nominatio...

Sabato 13 aprile, a Boston, durante la riunione annuale del Comitato dei Presidenti dei Comites, Maurizio Pasquale è stato eletto a coordinatore dell'Intercomites USA. Al presidente del Comites di Boston, che è anche membro ed esponente del CTIM, Vincenzo Arcobelli, presidente del Comites di Houston e coordinatore del CTIM Usa, ha espresso a nome...

Le mele e le pere italiane presto potrebbero avere il semaforo verde per entrare nel mercato degli Stati Uniti. Il condizionale, in questo caso, e' d'obbligo, anche se nel settore si respira un'aria di cauto ottimismo in merito alla trattativa in corso. Lo anticipa il Corriere ortofrutticolo. Il Cso, Centro Servizi ortofrutticoli, per il comparto...

The sights, the sounds, as well as the inside scoop on the 84th annual Saint Rocco Grande Festa. Held every second weekend in August for the past 84 years on the streets of Edgeworth in Ward 2, the Feast has become one of the last vestiges of Malden's storied past, a tradition held close to those of us who grew up in this great city of ours, who g...

Roberto Pomili, composer, conductor and international musician, is considered one of the best tango double bass players and composers of his generation. Musical reviews have said that Pomili deserves not only to be heard but seen playing to fully understand and appreciate his authentic identification in Tango music.   Since 1995 he has had t...

The Lido Civic Club was honored to present a Public Service Award on July 17 to Mario Mastrangelo, a Montgomery County Police Detective, for his unselfish act of heroism in saving the life of a Montgomery County, Md. woman. On April 24, on his way to taking his children to "take your kids to work day," Detective Mastrangelo saw smoke billowing from...

By Emily Everson The West Essex High School Student Council recently hosted an Italian feast for support staff in the High School Cafeteria. Aides, secretaries and maintenance staff feasted on meatballs, penne vodka and pumpkin pie.   The Student Council also honored Salvatore Provenzano, who works in maintenance/plumbing, as the Support St...

by Ron Devlin   A fifth-grader at Amity Elementary Center journeyed more than 100 years into the past to create an essay that's competing for national honors in a contest conducted by the Daughters of the American Revolution.    "A Child's Journey Through Ellis Island" by Sarah Soriano, 11, has won the organization's awards for B...